Age and number indicator.



No. 785,585. PATENTED MAR. 2l, 1905. R. WILSN. AGE AND NUMBER INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 13,130.1, 1904.

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I R. WILSON. AGE ANP NUMBER INDICATOR. APPLIUATIoN FILED 1130.1. 1904.

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ATTOR Y Vzo `UNITED STATES Patented March 21, 1665.

ROBERT WILSON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGrNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO F.LIBERTY U. ANICCARROLL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AND FOURTHS TO NELSON P.BROWER, OF RAHWAY, YEWT JERSEY.

AGE AND NUMBER INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 785,585, dated Marh21,- 1905 y Application filed Detente 1,1904. smaila. 234,993. Y

and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the inven-. tion, srch as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use4 the same, Yreferencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference'marked thereon,- which formA a. part of this speci ication.

.This invention hasreference to improvements in that class ofrcalculators comprising a novel arrangement of lcards or disks bearingsuitably-disposed numbers, the arrangement of the said cards' or disksbeing such that by the proper manipulation of the said cards or disks,

A according to the selection of a` 'nnmber upon l the back ofthe onecard or disk, the same number can be made to appear u'pon the front ofthe device and preferably through a read- 25fing-opening-inthefroft cardor disk, which is operatively conn'eed with the first-mentionedl hereinmore particularly set forth.

'M plzesent invention has for its principal xfufctefdjgdevice 'which maybe 'used as an age A further object ofithis invention is to 'pro-'."Theinvention consists, primarily, in the -novel age or numberindicator hereinafter more particularly set forth; and,v furthermore,this invention consists in A the arrangements and combinations of parts,as well as in the details of the construction of the same,

all of which will be fully described inthe iolcardor disk,siibstantially as 'will be objectfft' provide a novel-andsimply-con-- or'n'umber vindicator and may also be readilyemployed for advertising andother purposes.

vide4 an ageindicator o r number-finder, from` wh`icl1 l1iay, be derivedmuch pleasure and The invention is clearly iIIuStratedinthe accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a face view of an age or n umberindicator embodying the principles of my present invention, the partsbeingrepresented in their normal initialpositionm and Fig. 2 is a rearorback View of the same. Fig. 355 is a face view of the device with themovable cards or disks 'of the device in oneof their operatedpositions,v and Fig. 4 is a face view of the rear card` or disk of thedevice.

on line 5 5in Fig. l of the drawings. igs..

6 and 7 are face views of twoslightl :moditied forms of age or numberindicators, but s till embodying the principles of' this invention. Fig.8 is a transverse verticalysection 65 taken on line 8 8 in said Fig.l, 6of the draw; i ings, and Fig.. 9 is asimilar 'sectionr taken-,on line 99 in said Eig. '7 of the drawingsf..

Similar characters of.. reference are {em- .ployed in theabovefdescribed-viewsto indi- 79 cate correspondingparts.,l

Referring now to the seyeralgnresot Athe' said drawings, the referencecharacter 1 xindi- Cates the complete age or nu'rnber` indicator, andthe same comprisesa rear cardpifdisk 2 75 that the mai'gin-al 'e'dgewothe'frear candor disk 2- will project"concentrically.beyn7the 35marginal edge ofthe said front (sarda) Substantially in the manner sl iown,and said rear card 'or diskA 2 may be proi l a snitablyfviormedlieating device Qrspolnter, as 5. The said, front orface'fcardfor disk 390 is madewithfa suitably-disposedwrea'dinggg ,opening 6.', inalinement'witha sion orsp'acing-7 of iiguresaipon .tl face of` thes'ai'd rear 4card orldisk-Qciiip" ing a suitable number 'o't"di\fisions.o x 'r' d extending spaces, each' divisiQlILfl-iire b -Figx 5is a transverse vertical section taken 6h ing provided with an age orotherl indicating number, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 ofthedrawings. Thus when the two cards or disks 2 and 3 have been rotativelyconnected by means of the said eyelet connection 4 a number in saidcircular division 7 of the rear card orA disk 2 will always be 1 exposedto view through the said reading-'opening 6 of the card or disk 3,' asclearly illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 6, and 7 of the drawings. 1 v

Referring now to Fig. 2 of the drawings, Vit will be seen that the rearcard or'disk 2 is also provided upon its rear face with an arrangementof vertical columns 8, the ysaid columns rear of the card or disk 2 issuchl that suit- Y tisement or the' like.

" The front card or disk 3 is formed. upon able spaces 9 and 10 may beprovided in which are printed or otherwise produced certain Directionsfor use and any other suitable matter that may be desired, such as anadverits face with -concentrically-disposed divisions, as

11, divided intoradially-dsposed spaces,as

shown. There are six. of these concentric divif sions 11,correspondingto ,thenumberof columns 8 upon the back or rear of the saidcard or disk 2, thelengths -of these .divisions varying according to thenumbers used in each division.' As shown,these divisions 11 are providedwith numbers from 1; to 6, inclusive,each-numberindicating one of thecolumns 8'upon the back of the said card or disk 2:

For the purpose of producing a rotary movement of the front or uppercard or disk 3 upon the rear 'card or disk 2 the said card or disk 3 maybe .provided with a suitably-'arranged loopor finger-piece, as 12.

v 30 thisnumber will be. found in the columns 2, 3, 4, and "5. The cardor disk 3 is now turned to bring the concentric divisions 11 with theradially-disposed spaces inv which the corresponding numbers H2,

3, 4, and "5 are found directly opposite the pointer or index 5, and theresult will be that the reading-opening 6 of the said outer or frontcard or disk v3 hav-ing moved to the point indicated in Fig. 3' of thedrawings the age or number-namely, 30-will be ex` posed to View, therebyindicating to the manipulator of the device that this is the numberwliichiwas previously selected.

Ot' course it will be understood that in lieu of the eyelet connection 4any other means of fastening the two cards or disks 2 and 3 in -theirrotative relation may be employed. and instead ofA the loop orfinger-piece 12 any other suitable means vmay be used, as will beclearly evident. Thus in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and'9 of the drawings the upperor front card or disk 3 is provided 'with a centrally-disposed knob 13,of wood or any other suitable material, which is securedupon the face ofthe said card or vdisk 3 by means of tacks or pins 14 or other suitablefastening means, the said disks or cards 2 and 3 being rotatably securedtogether by means of a pivot-pin 15, which is forced said knob 13,substantially as shown. 1f de sired, the said rear card or disk 2 may beprovided with a second circular division 16, having spaces provided withnumbers indicating the approximate weight of a person at the posed touiew through a second opening 17 in the front card or disk 3,substantially as illustrated in |`Figs. 7 and 9 of the dra-wings.

I am aware that various changes may be made in the arrangements andcombinations of the parts, as well as in the details ofthe constructionof the parts thereof, without departing from the scope of thisinvention.v Hence I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangementsand' combinations of the parts as described in the foregoingspecification `and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, nor dolconfine myself to the exactdetails of the construction of the saidparts.

Having thus described my invention, what "LI claim isv i' 1. .An age ornumber finding andindicating device, 'comprising' rotatively-arrangeddisks, ,one of said disks bearing upon its backcol- `,umns containingnumbers, and having upon its opposite face a circulai'division "dividedi-nto number-bearing spaces, said vother disk a series of concentricdivisions, each division indicating number, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth. f

2. An age or number linding and indicating device, comprisingi'otatively-arranged disks, one of said disks bearing upon its backcolumns containing numbers, and having upon its opposite face a circulardivision divided into number-bearing spaces, said other disk beingprovided-with a reading-opening, and a series of concentric divisions,each division being divided into spaces bearing a columnindicatingnumber, and a finger-piece for rotating the' said disk which providedwith said concentric divisions, 'substantially as and for the purposesset forth. g

3. An age or number finding and indicating through the two cards ordisks andinto thcl corresponding age, the said weight being ex- IOO.

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beingprovided with a reading-opening, and

'being divided into spaces bearing a column- BST Sui* divisions, eachdivision beingv divided into spaces bearing acol'umn-indicating number,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.'

4. An age or number finding and indicating device, comprisingrotatively-arranged disks,

lone of said disks bearing upon its back columns 'containing numbers,and having upon 1ts1 opposite face a circular division divided intonumber-bearing spaces, and an index on said disk, said other disk beingprovided with a reading-opening, and a series of concentric divisions,each division ,being `divided into spaces bearing a column-indicatingnumber, and a finger-piece vfor rotating the said disk which is providedwith said concentric diviiontsfsubstantially as and for thepurposes setort 5. An age or number finding and indicating deviceq comprising a pairof disks 2 and 3, and an eyclet connection between said disks, by meansof which. said disks are rotatively connected, said disk 2 bearing onits back columns containing numbers, and having on its opposite face acirculardivision divided into number-bearing spaces, said disk 3being'prcvided with a reading-opening, and aseries of concentricdivisions, each division being divided into spaces bearing acolumn-indicating number, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

6. An age or number Ending and indicating` opposite face acirculardivision divided into number-bearing spaces, said disk 3 being providedivith a reading-opening, and a series ofconcentric divisions, eachdivision being divided into spaces bearinga column-indicating rotatingsaid disk, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. An age or number finding and indicating device, comprising a pair ofdisks 2v and 3, and an eyelet connection between said disks, by means ofwhich said disks are rotatively connected, said disk 2 bearing on itsback columns containing numbers, and having on its oppositeface acircular division divided into number-bearing spaces, and an index onsaid disk 2, said disk?) beingprovided with a reading-opening, and aseries of concentric divisions, each division being divided into spacesbearing a column-indicating number, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

f 8. An age or number finding and indicating device, comprising a pairof disks 2 and 3,

and an eyelet connection between said disks, X

number, and a finger-piece on said disk 3 for sis disk 2, said disk 3being provided with a reading-opening, and a series of concentricdivisions, each division being divided into spaces -v bearing acolumn-indicating number, and a finger-piece on said disk 3 for rotatingsaid disk, substantially as and for the purposes set I

